Comments on: Tangerine iBook

By: 2:48AM [The B-Sides] » Update on my iBook

2:48AM [The B-Sides] » Update on my iBook — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 10:45:35 +0000

[...] Last month I purchased an old 300mhz Apple clamshell iBook. It had 32MB of RAM and was running OS 9.2 slowly. I ordered Kingston 256MB RAM for my iBook and it arrived early in the week. First thing I did was replace OS 9.2 with Linux. The reason simply was I needed to be able to browse on the iBook and Firefox isn’t available for OS 9.2 and I had heard OS X would run very slow on my Mac. So Linux was my only option and after over 1 hour of installing the OS I tried it out and was very disappointed. Although it was very responsive and it did have Firefox, I wasn’t very comfortable using it and I decided to give OS X a shot. If OS X turned out to be slow then I would come back to Linux as my last option. [...]

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 08:46:46 +0000

lol, even if i wasn’t getting it i wouldnt have advised you get it. if you are thinking of switching from a PC to a Mac I wouldn’t recommend switching to this vintage ibook. You won’t enjoy the experience. If you are currently looking for a way to move to a Mac without breaking the bank then I would suggest you get a Mac mini. You can get a 1.25GHZ G4 with 512MB RAM, 40GB hard disk, cdwriter, wifi and bluetooth for only $499.

By: william

william — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 08:40:20 +0000

I just read the other comment more closely and realized you are getting it, lol. Mabrook! Let us know how well it works.

By: william

william — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 08:39:25 +0000

If you don’t want it, I’ll buy it. I always wanted a Mac. All I have right now is a desktop PC. Please let me know if it’s still for sale and you decide to pass on it.

By: 2:48AM [The B-Sides] » Linux on the Mac

2:48AM [The B-Sides] » Linux on the Mac — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 08:00:40 +0000

[...] Once I get the old clamshell iBook which I posted about yesterday night, I am going to install Linux on it. The reason is OS9 is a great OS and should run nicely on the iBook, but if I want to use it for web surfing its going to suck because there are no decent browsers on OS9. iCab sucks, Mozilla sucks and IE is the best of the bunch so you could imagine how bad the situation is. OSX would install on the iBook but its not going to be fast, its not even going to run at a decent speed at all. [...]